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Digital Underground is an alternative rap group hailing from Oakland, California.
This multi-member hip-hop band played a big part in giving West Coast rap the spotlight. Their leader was Greg “Shock G” Jacobs, who spent most of his youth in New York City and southern Florida. Heavily influenced by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Underground sampled their music frequently, which quickly became a defining element of west-coast rap. Their ‘alternative’ status owes much to their unabashedly spaced-out image, which lay in contrast to the gangster rap that most west coast acts focused on. Album cuts frequently droned on until well over the five-minute mark, giving albums a jam-session feel (and likely, making radio singles hard to finger).
Supposedly, the group's original image was set up to be a tribute to social activists The Black Panthers, but when Public Enemy became a prominent band, Jacobs supposedly chose to take the group's image in a more whimsical direction, that of an updated Parliament-Funkadelic for the hip-hop audience. He even took to designing detailed covers and cartoon-laced liner notes for the band, in tribute to the similarly constructed album jackets from Parliament-Funkadelic.
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Bluekie (Richard) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:51:27 -0000
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Which nose fit this guy perfectly? The digital underground nose or tha scottie pippen nose? http://pic.gd/2034a
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"I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom." random.. (digital underground)
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I'm happy they're doing 'Oar,' but the Digital Underground promise looms. RT @popadopalis: http://bit.ly/bbEql > #gadson #lidell #ftw
fennrock (Sean Fennessey) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:49:43 -0000
I'm happy they're doing 'Oar,' but the Digital Underground promise looms. RT @popadopalis: http://bit.ly/bbEql > #gadson #lidell #ftw
Digital Underground's New Gravy Needs More Flavor - Review of Who Got The Gravy? by John Bristol.
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Digital Underground: The Body Hat Syndrome - Review by Jonathan Wyman.
Doowutchyalike - Information on all the members, past and present, tour dates, pictures of the group, lyrics to their songs, interviews, message boards, and late-breaking Digital Underground news.
RollingStone.com: Digital Underground - Includes a biography, discography, links and message board.
Meta Description: [ Rolling Stone gives you total Digital Underground coverage including free music, videos, photos, music news and exclusive Rolling Stone articles. ]
Wilson and Alroy's Record Reviews - Reviews of Digital Underground albums Sex Packets, This Is An E.P. Release, Sons Of The P, The Body-Hat Syndrome, future rhythm, and Who Got The Gravy?
Meta Description: [ Digital Underground on Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews, which contains reviews of about 4,000 records -
rock and roll, pop, jazz, funk, punk, hip hop, Latin - plus concerts, books about music, Top 10 lists, and generally a whole lot of ranting ]
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